Celebrity Death Certificates 3 - Paperbackby M. F. Steen (Author) Literally the last word for Hollywood trivia buffs, a celebrity death certificate is also strangely compelling. Its matter of fact reportage makes the famous ordinary, illuminating previously well lit profiles with the unfiltered light of the everyday. A death certificate may also reveal information that stars concealed, such as actual birthdates. In California, death certificates are a matter of public record a real mine of